Fullerton Football Alums Help San Francisco to Super Bowl XLVII

FULLERTON, Calif. -- The San Francisco 49ers'
quest for a sixth Super Bowl title will be helped along by a pair
of Cal State Fullerton football alumni as former assistant coach Ed
Donatell and offensive lineman Tim Drevno will be leading the team
to New Orleans in search of a record-tying championship.

Donatell, a 21-year NFL coaching veteran who is in his second
season as the 49ers' secondary coach, spent the 1989 season as an
assistant coach with the Titans for one season under head coach
Gene Murphy, helping Fullerton to a 6-4-1 record and a 5-2 mark in
Big West Conference play.

His other stops in the NFL include two stints in Denver
(secondary coach in 1995-99 and 2009-10), the New York Jets
(special assistant in 2007 and secondary coach from 1990-94),
Atlanta (defensive coordinator, 2004-06), and Green Bay (defensive
coordinator, 2000-03). He was a member of the Broncos' coaching
staffs that won back-to-back Super Bowl titles in 1998 and 1999 and
his secondary ranked among the top 10 against the pass in four of
his five seasons in Denver.

Donatell's 2004 Falcons squad advanced to the NFC Championship
game and led the NFL in sacks (48) for the first time in the
history of the franchise and his Packers' teams from 2001-03 led
the NFL with 116 takeaways. In 2011, his secondary racked up 22
interceptions (second in the NFL) and had two Pro Bowl selections
in safety Dashon Goldson and cornerback Carlos Rogers, while this
season, San Francisco ranked fourth in the regular season in
passing yards allowed per game (200.2)

He also spent 11 seasons in the collegiate ranks at Pacific
(1983-85) and Idaho (1986-88) prior to joining Fullerton's staff
and was the defensive coordinator at Washington in 2008. He served
as a graduate assistant on staff at Kent State in 1979-80 and with
the Huskies in 1981-82.

Drevno is also in his second season with San Francisco as the
team's offensive line coach after serving four years alongside
49ers' head coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford from 2007-10. Relying on
an extensive collegiate coaching background that spans two decades,
Drevno has also made stops at the University of San Diego
(offensive coordinator/offensive line - 2003-06), Idaho (offensive
line - 2000-02), San Jose State (offensive line - 1999), UNLV
(running backs - 1998), and Montana State (tight ends - 1993-95;
running backs - 1996-97).

After two years at El Camino College, where he helped lead the
team to a national title in 1987, he was a two-year starter on the
offensive line for the Titans in 1990-91 following a redshirt
season, graduating from the university with a degree in criminal
justice in 1992.

The duo is among a select group of former Titan football coaches
who have appeared in the Super Bowl, joining Jim Colletto
(Baltimore Ravens), Mike Heimerdinger (Denver Broncos), Greg
Robinson (Denver Broncos), and Warren Simmons (Washington Redskins
and Atlanta Falcons).